Do you relax or Are you relaxed ?

Im not talking about DRT (deep relaxation technique, we do at the end of yoga session). During regular day-to-day life, are you relaxed ?

Just as you type something, watch your shoulder. Are they raised ? I mean, after conciously looking at your shoulder, did you drop it down to relax ?
As you stand and talk/listen something or read something (or as you pray in your prayer room), just watch your buttocks/thighs/stomach. Have you kept them tight. After consciously looking have you relaxed them ?

The breathing is supposed to be long & deep (as you inhale and exhale). If you breathe faster, then you are not relaxed (Just watch your breath, when you are angry or yelling at somebody).

If you say yes to all of the above and if your parents/grand-parents has a history of Blood Pressure problem, then there is a high chance that you will get the same too soon.

This is not to frighten you or make you worry. Try to relax once in a while. Practice to stay relaxed. Drop your shoulders, relax your buttocks, legs, stomach. Take deep breath and relax whenver you can. Find the situations, which make you not-relaxed. Try to avoid or be conscious at those situations and handle them in a relaxed way. Slow down your breath. Once you start doing that consciously and continuously, you can merge that practice towards your daily day-to-day activities.

Ofcourse, Yogasanas and pranayama are wonderful tools to help the same.

Stay relaxed and stay cool.